Thanks to Evan from XPAYS & IPALERT!!!
 

And the results are in!

I snagged the domain I wanted :)

Back story:

Last week I reg'd a domain for a project I'm working on.

On a lark, I checked with IPAlert to see if anyother domains were going to be available in this category that might possibly be better.

Coincidently - it turns out that the singular of the exact domain I'd just reg'd was set to expire on the 21st. (I reg'd the plural obviously :winkwink:)

Long story short:

I called Evan and asked him to personally back order the domain for me since I didnt have any accounts set up to do so myself.

We set the max bid at $350 on the 21st as the auction process began and at 12:10 pm today I get a call from Evan telling me I'd been out bid and there were 5 minutes left in the auction. I said raise the max bid to $500. A minute later Evan informs me that I'd been out bid again!

DAMN IT!

I said set the max bid to $750 ... 5 minutes later the domain was mine!!!

THANKS EVAN AND IPALERT!

I just protected the future of my brand and I think your service ROCKS!

Now I need to set up my own back order accounts and will continue to monitor drop off domains with IPalert very happily!

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long story short: WTF IS THE DOMAIN YOU SNAGGED?

it is our pleasure to proxy on behalf of our peers. it seems to happen very regularly so next we will launch "TMproxy" and we'll do the heavy lifting and keep the odds in your favor.

best of luck with your business and nice pickup and you are very welcome:small-smi

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Congrats J$tyles. Why didn't you just monitor your Snapnames? bid yourself though ?

Not ready to say just yet.

It's not a type-in or anything BUT it has tremendous value to me personally based on the potential future miss-types if this project takes off half as well as I expect it to.

It's mainstream, BTW but I'll announce it as soon as we come out of beta in 3 - 4 weeks :thumbsup

Thanks again, man - both personally as a friend and as a business associate!

Your assistance was invaluable - TIMING IS EVERYTHING!

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Thanks, Brujah!

It was just happenstance. I'm not "IN" the back order game at all. Domains are not a huge component in any of my business models. Until recently, I wasn't even aware of how it all worked so I never had any back order accounts with any of those services.

Evan gave me an IPAlert account when he first went into beta months ago. I wasn't looking for THIS name - it was purely a coincidence that I'd just reg'd the plural. I was really looking to see if something better MIGHT be "falling off".

Seeing that this particular name came up available - it just reinforced that my orginal domain was the one to run with!

Ultimately, getting the matching singular of it tells me that it's meant to be :) :) :)

Congrats man. I need to check my ipalert emails closer

tiresome- your site sucks cock btw :thumbsup

i want to get redirected to google ads all day lol

J$,

congrats on getting the names you wanted :) I love the feeling when I find a domain I want, wait for it to drop, and then I snatch it. I guess it's the feeliing of the chase and the win!! :)

You should for sure. I've been since last week and will continue too ... never know what might pop up!

Thanks Todd!

It was fun :)

my favorite are the godaddy captures. why? because once my backorder is placed, there is nobody allowed to bid against me and if they win my domain, i win for cheap. we have had several captures for $20 approx ea. that are domains worth over $5k.

second- would be captures at pool and enom because not as many people bid so domains go for half of what they would at snap.

some proxy goodwill - vividnightclub.com for Vivid Video (they own a nightclub in the venetian). homegrowncamz.com for Homegrownvideo - they rock out with their cock out on anything homegrown related. jaysxxxpics.com for xxxjay - obvious. and many more.... brujah- do you think these companies would have captured those domains without our help? NO. Not everybody is a full-time domainer with the resources to even know where to begin.

http://IPalert.com is levelling the playing field! Sign up now :thumbsup

IP Alert is phenomenal. We have picked up a few beauties already - at minimums too!

Evan and Michael deserve HUGE HUGE congrats on this one. :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

And you will get a lot more :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

xo's!!!

our customer support is top-notch too btw- expert answers within minutes :winkwink:

Yeah ... too bad ours wan't at GoDaddy BUT it was worth every penny!

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i say that to myself a lot lol

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Evan, if you only knew. :1orglaugh

Yes, they could have captured the domains without your help. Do you hand-hold every customer's Snapnames bid ? No, you don't. It's an auction where you set max bids. It's not rocket science. Far-L could get the same "monitor" service for free at http://www.whois.sc/ for example. Keep babbling to me about it. I'd be glad to keep responding.